After his release in 1990, Mandela negotiated an end to racial segregation. He became its first Black ... were growing among these young people. Mandela decided to work within the ANC and helped ...

For the man who conquered apartheid, Jews were vital allies. Jewish lawyers represented him in multiple trials and Jewish activists and political figures played leading roles in the fight.

(CNN)-- When Nelson Mandela stepped out of South Africa's Victor Verster prison a free man 20 years ago Thursday, he was his country's most famous freedom fighter. Black South Africans and other ...